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Arsenal will face Burnley at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday night. Here is the team that Gooner Mac hopes Mikel Arteta will select:
Goalkeeper: Bernd Leno will be called up after having rested for the Europa League win over Dundalk on Thursday night, so Alex Runarsson will return to the bench after an unconvincing performance in Ireland.
Defending: Arsenal will make a late decision on David Luiz as he missed the last two games with a head injury, but the Brazilian is fit to return this weekend and could be Gabriel’s partner in the middle of the game. defending.
It will be interesting to see if Arteta sticks to a back three after implementing that system in the Europa League or reverts to a back four he has used recently, but I think we will see a return to a four-man defense against Burnley.
Hector Bellerin should replace Cedric Soares on the right back, while Kieran Tierney will be called up to the left with Calum Chambers, Shkodran Mustafi, Pablo Mari and Ainsley Maitland-Niles left.
Midfield: Arsenal will be left without Thomas Partey after the midfielder was ruled out for “some games” by exacerbating his thigh injury against Tottenham last weekend, a serious blow to Arteta.
Mohamed Elneny will be hoping to keep his spot after scoring a stun on Thursday night, but I still think it will be Dani Ceballos alongside Granit Xhaka in the middle of the park on Sunday.
Attack: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will obviously be called up and the Gabon hitman will be desperate to get back in between goals after suffering a nightmarish start to the new season, so Eddie Nketiah will make way despite finding the target in Dundalk .
Emile Smith Rowe impressed in the Europa League as did Joe Willock, but the duo are unlikely to keep their spots on Sunday and Alexandre Lacazette and Bukayo Saka are expected to be called up to the starting eleven.
Nicolas Pepe will serve the last game of his three-game suspension, so there is a spot on the wing at stake. Reiss Nelson missed the trip to Dundalk last night due to a hit so we could see Willian starting against Burnley. The Brazilian has been poor recently, but Arteta has shown faith in the 32-year-old, so I hope he lines up on Sunday.
Folarin Balogun impressed again after coming off the bench to score and receive an assist against Dundalk, so he could now pressure Nketiah for a spot on Arsenal’s bench in Premier League games.
This is how I think we will look at the Arsenal lineup:
